[SOLVED] Can't re-partition external hard drive.

TheNutCase · 03-30-2022, 06:58 PM

I just recently discovered, much to my own chagrin, that the 4TB external hard drive that I had purchased was not designed to be compatible with my operating system. I have since, however, found a 4TB external hard drive that IS compatible with it.

enorbet · 03-31-2022, 05:26 AM

IIRC, newer kernels have exFAT support. It's just rare they are enabled by default. I'd like to see quality ZFS support. Who normally cares about exFAT besides Windows users?

Jeebizz · 03-31-2022, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

IIRC, newer kernels have exFAT support. It's just rare they are enabled by default. I'd like to see quality ZFS support. Who normally cares about exFAT besides Windows users?

Until Linus Torvalds changes his mind/stance on OpenZFS, it will never happen and you will just have to accept manually compiling it into the kernel.

bassmadrigal · 03-31-2022, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

IIRC, newer kernels have exFAT support. It's just rare they are enabled by default. I'd like to see quality ZFS support. Who normally cares about exFAT besides Windows users?

ExFAT support is included in Slackware 15.0 and newer as a module.

Code:

CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m

OutSiderBR · 03-31-2022, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeebizz

Until Linus Torvalds changes his mind/stance on OpenZFS, it will never happen and you will just have to accept manually compiling it into the kernel.

Doesn't it all boil down to licensing ?

TheNutCase · 05-09-2022, 05:56 PM

I have noticed that Western Digital 4TBexternal hard drives ARE compatible with Slackware 15.0. Just saying